just in case ics never comes and in case it does come.
i just rooted using the thunderbolt tool i did not change or install any roms, now i want to unroot ,
do i need to back up anything that i might lose? if yes how or suggested methods.
only new app installed while rooted is titantium backup pro ,
thank you
You can use the tbolt tool to unroot but it does wipe data.
Honestly it's probably a better idea to flash the Liquid ICS ROM if you want ICS.
I'm not aware of any good root-free backups but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I will come along soon.
You could try mybackup pro but I don't think an app to backup app data without root exists. It just isn't possible because I think the app data is stored in the system. The only way to access the system is with root permissions.
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You could try mybackup pro but I don't think an app to backup app data without root exists. It just isn't possible because I think the app data is stored in the system. The only way to access the system is with root permissions.
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i am rooted , i want to back up before i unroot
i want to go back to unrooted in case the ics ota does come , i cannot get it if i am rooted. am i wrong ?
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i am rooted , i want to back up before i unroot
i want to go back to unrooted in case the ics ota does come , i cannot get it if i am rooted. am i wrong ?
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No just stay rooted. Find a tutorial for disabling ota and you'll be fine. Sometimes unrooting and accepting an ota is the worst thing you could do. You never know if it will have a new hboot or if that hboot is even rootable or unlockable.
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No just stay rooted. Find a tutorial for disabling ota and you'll be fine. Sometimes unrooting and accepting an ota is the worst thing you could do. You never know if it will have a new hboot or if that hboot is even rootable or unlockable.
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Rooting with tbolt tool blocks otas
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Most if not all roms now has ota disabled.
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Dark Jedi said:
Most if not all roms now has ota disabled.
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I remember with the last ota a lot of people were complaining about getting the ota while they were sleep and waking up to a messed up phone. I know for sure there were a lot of the sense roms with the otacerts file still there.
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dl1762 said:
i am rooted , i want to back up before i unroot
i want to go back to unrooted in case the ics ota does come , i cannot get it if i am rooted. am i wrong ?
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if they release it there will be a rooted version within a day or 2, maybe even before it gets pushed to your area
just stay rooted
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When I saw the news for the HTC Thunderbolt ICS update finaly out I got so excited, I returned my phone to stock, ran the update, and was happy... not thinking "what if they update the HBOOT"...well THEY DID. Stupid me for not waiting one more day for the rooted release! So now Im unable to acheive S-OFF as my HBOOT is now 1.08.0000.
Perhaps its too soon to be asking this, but is there a way to S-OFF the new HBOOT?
Nope you're Sol until an exploit is found. Oh and there is an if there too because I don't know how much interest there will be in finding an exploit for an old device.
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Nope you're Sol until an exploit is found. Oh and there is an if there too because I don't know how much interest there will be in finding an exploit for an old device.
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Well if anything came out of this, we now know for certain the results of accepting the update and hopefully warn others. I have to take this phone into best buy for repairs, and seeing as I already did this once and they just gave me a (defective) refurbished model, they most likely will do it again.
HBroot off
I have been able to get S-off via HTCdev after I requested the code to unlock the bootloader. I am stuck now with root and I would love to know if somebody knows how to push the root onto the ICS stock rom?
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I have been able to get S-off via HTCdev after I requested the code to unlock the bootloader. I am stuck now with root and I would love to know if somebody knows how to push the root onto the ICS stock rom?
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That can't be done. If you're s off flash the ics radios in Santods post in the developer section and then flash the ics rom.
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That can't be done. If you're s off flash the ics radios in Santods post in the developer section and then flash the ics rom.
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I've tried it and it will not stick. Not sure why but I wish I had waited for the rooted rom before going back to stock and getting the OTA update.
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I've tried it and it will not stick. Not sure why but I wish I had waited for the rooted rom before going back to stock and getting the OTA update.
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You and several others wish the same thing. I tried to warn people but word didn't get out quick enough
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You and several others wish the same thing. I tried to warn people but word didn't get out quick enough
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Since I have been able to get the bootloader unlocked, I should be able to get root somehow.
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Since I have been able to get the bootloader unlocked, I should be able to get root somehow.
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Yes you should be able to flash superuser in recovery to get root. You won't be able to use the stock ICS ROM though if you're still s off
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Yes you should be able to flash superuser in recovery to get root. You won't be able to use the stock ICS ROM though if you're still s off
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I had the OTA and after the update got S-OFF via HTCdev's site. I tried to flash a custom recovery but it will not stick. Any clue why?
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I had the OTA and after the update got S-OFF via HTCdev's site. I tried to flash a custom recovery but it will not stick. Any clue why?
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When you go into hboot what does it show in the upper left hand corner?
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When you go into hboot what does it show in the upper left hand corner?
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I attached you a picture of my bootloader screen
You're still s on but unlocked like I thought. I don't have the link off hand but have you tried the all in one tool?
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You're still s on but unlocked like I thought. I don't have the link off hand but have you tried the all in one tool?
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Yes but the tool (Thunderbolt tool) does not handle HBoot 1.08 at the moment. I wish it would because this would solve my problem
Find the thread that has the fastboot flash able form of cwm and then get back to me. I'm thinking that the root method may be different now though so I'm worried an ordinary version of superuser won't work.
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I decided to take the plunge, and perform the OTA, after that hopped over to HTCDev to get the bootloader unlock to root. Flashed the handy dandy CWM recovery from fastboot, and rebooted into recovery. Flashed the SuperUser package. Guess What? No ROOT.
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I decided to take the plunge, and perform the OTA, after that hopped over to HTCDev to get the bootloader unlock to root. Flashed the handy dandy CWM recovery from fastboot, and rebooted into recovery. Flashed the SuperUser package. Guess What? No ROOT.
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Then that says the root method is different.
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I did a fastboot and flashed frev3vo, and ran adb shell.....although I wasn't root at the prompt, I was able to su root from adb shell, but I don't know at this point how to get back to root. I probably can't load an RUU either cause I lost S-OFF.
Try flashing this one in recovery. http://download.chainfire.eu/310/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip?retrieve_file=1
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Try flashing this one in recovery. http://download.chainfire.eu/310/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip?retrieve_file=1
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Problem Solved. I had been installing the superuser.zip package to get root, but the SuperSU solved my problem, now I just have to get S-OFF again at some point, but for now I am happy root!!!! That Fixed IT
My friend recently got an og and isn't very tech savvy, so he asked me if i could root his for him but the original root method doesn't seem to work for me on JB. Do i need to lgnpst it or is there a way to do it without taking it back?
There is a guide thread with all the answers.
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There is a guide thread with all the answers.
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The guide doesn't mention anything about jellybean, and the root method posted doesn't work on JB nor has it been updated since then, that's why i asked on here.
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The guide doesn't mention anything about jellybean, and the root method posted doesn't work on JB nor has it been updated since then, that's why i asked on here.
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The CurrentRoot method from carrett's guide will root 20j.
That's odd, mine was rooted before the ota so i haven't messed with it on my OG but on the one I'm trying to use it on it only reboots the phone once then goes back to the home screen on the phone. Guess I'll give it a few more tries.
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That's odd, mine was rooted before the ota so i haven't messed with it on my OG but on the one I'm trying to use it on it only reboots the phone once then goes back to the home screen on the phone. Guess I'll give it a few more tries.
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Unlees you are only trying to get to stock rooted it may be easier to just use teenybin.
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Unlees you are only trying to get to stock rooted it may be easier to just use teenybin.
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Yeah, i thought about doing that but he does just want stock rooted. He's just trying to be able to remove the bloat and add custom themes. If i can't get this method to work i might just go ahead and use teenybin anyways. Thanks though!
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Yeah, i thought about doing that but he does just want stock rooted. He's just trying to be able to remove the bloat and add custom themes. If i can't get this method to work i might just go ahead and use teenybin anyways. Thanks though!
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You would still need to unlock with FreeGee to avoid getting security error when removing bloat. There is a rooted zip for 20j that you could flash after teenybin if you wanted to go that route.
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The guide doesn't mention anything about jellybean, and the root method posted doesn't work on JB nor has it been updated since then, that's why i asked on here.
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The current method does work on JB. I've done it.
Well, as I've stated, after trying that method 6 times last night but it only reboots once then returns to the home screen of the phone.
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I want to know for the future. Lets say I'm on the ota me7 with root. And a new ota comes out if I take it. It'll upgrade and I lose root right?
Also if I wanted to remove root if I did a hard reset would that do the trick as well? From the stock recovery menu.
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If you have root, pay for and install Titanium Backup.
Use Titanium Backup to freeze SDM and FWupdate apps so you will never get another OTA update again.
What if I want otas..
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I want to know for the future. Lets say I'm on the ota me7 with root. And a new ota comes out if I take it. It'll upgrade and I lose root right?
Also if I wanted to remove root if I did a hard reset would that do the trick as well? From the stock recovery menu.
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If you take an ota you will lose root.
A hard reset will not remove root, I have tried.
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What if I want otas..
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If you want the otas then just disregard all of the good information found in these threads and take them.
But don't be surprised if the next ota locks things down further.
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Im asking if there's any fool proof ways to root this configuration because i just bought the phone and dont wont to brick it like my s3 hard bricked. Any help or comments appreciated, thinking about just updating to 4.3 and waiting for a root method with that.
Read this. Used this guide for both my gs4's with zero issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
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Scott792 said:
Im asking if there's any fool proof ways to root this configuration because i just bought the phone and dont wont to brick it like my s3 hard bricked. Any help or comments appreciated, thinking about just updating to 4.3 and waiting for a root method with that.
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Don't update. You'll lose your ability to have a real custom recovery. Just stay on MDK and root. Then you can go ahead and flash a 4.3 ROM.
Toddricks said:
Read this. Used this guide for both my gs4's with zero issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
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Should i factory reset and root before activating the phone with verizon?
I personally would just root, install custom recovery then wipe. After that pick a rom as most have ota updates disabled. Or install titanium backup pro and freeze the update apk's (I forget the file names)
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Toddricks said:
I personally would just root, install custom recovery then wipe. After that pick a rom as most have ota updates disabled. Or install titanium backup pro and freeze the update apk's (I forget the file names)
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Ok, is it safe to activate and root as long as i stop the OTA update?or just root and then activate? thanks for the replies by the way
Either way you do it just do not take the ota. I always root first and install custom recovery
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Installed and ran rootkeeper backed up SU, did the OTA and LOST ROOT!
Rootkeeper was unable to properly restore root.
Going to have to try and reroot tonight.
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Installed and ran rootkeeper backed up SU, did the OTA and LOST ROOT!
Rootkeeper was unable to properly restore root.
Going to have to try and reroot tonight.
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Thank you I was about to install the update and use rootkeeper but thought I would check here first. Didn't wanna have to reroot. Thanks again
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What was the ota?
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stuck on recovery
I did the OTA and I got stuck on recovery, not even allowed me to restore to previous roms, I'm downloading the stock rom right now to unroot OTA and root again, anybody know what the OTA brings?
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I did the OTA and I got stuck on recovery, not even allowed me to restore to previous roms, I'm downloading the stock rom right now to unroot OTA and root again, anybody know what the OTA brings?
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I can't seem to find anything on whats in the OTA.
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I can't seem to find anything on whats in the OTA.
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I'm sure it's to disable hd voice. I've had to manually disable hundreds in the past week.
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I can't seem to find anything on whats in the OTA.
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Audio issue enhancement. Google security patch.
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Could some one post stock recovery I don't have it.
Thanks.
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Added ZV8 modem zip to the G2 modem thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451426
LS980ZV8
M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190034
by QUALCOMM, Incorporated Nov 26 2013
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Added ZV8 modem zip to the G2 modem thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451426
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M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190034
by QUALCOMM, Incorporated Nov 26 2013
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I re-rooted with io root after update.
I did not see any OTA update for my phone? Can you do System update (did not work) or have to wait for OTA?
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I can't seem to find anything on whats in the OTA.
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How do you disable HD voice and how do you know if it is causing problems?
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Time to reroot
gerald410 said:
I re-rooted with io root after update.
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Glad to hear it worked smoothly for you! I'm about to do the same.
EDIT: Smoothly re-Rooted
I can also confirm IO Root worked like a charm after this update.
So best thing to do is return to stock the re-root??
I was stock rooted. Took the update. Re rooted. That's all.
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Just letting you all know that one of the changes it makes is to enable lte bands 26 and 41
another is it removed twrp as my recovery and replaced it with the stock recovery.
arehm said:
I was stock rooted. Took the update. Re rooted. That's all.
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Could you post stock recovery .
Thanks
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Guys...it takes like a minute to reroot using iorootv11. Just do it after the OTA update. There is no point of trying to use apps to try to preserve root when it is so simple.
Any chance we'll see a TWRP flashable version of stock ZV8? I'd use the LG tool to start over, update to ZV8, root, etc., but then I'd have to apply all the xposed mods, set things how they were etc. I tried flashing stock recovery, then doing the update the normal way, but it led to a bootloop and didn't work.
Edit - Or can someone tell me how they flashed stock recovery, where I can get the recovery, and whether or not it worked? I got my stock recovery zip from a Sprint user in the the TWRP thread, but could only flash it via flashify. Flashing the zip via TWRP would not work.
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